Pool Heating Options

One very popular means is the use of pool blankets and solar heating units installed on top of your roof, which provides you with the space required for the solar collectors as well as an energy efficient and economical means of warming your pool water. Through the use of solar heaters, you can enjoy your pool early in the morning and in the calm of the evening. In addition, depending on where you live, you may even be able to enjoy a swim in the crisp autumn.

The main components to most solar heating systems are the solar blanket, the solar collector that is installed on the roof, and many homeowners also purchase a gas or electric water heater to be used as an auxiliary system especially in areas where the climate is mostly cloudy. In addition, you will also require a swimming pool pump to circulate water from your pool to the solar collector on your roof and then back to your pool again, as well as a computer controller so that you can program your system for day and night use as well as any changes such as vacations.

Roof mounted solar heaters heat your pool water by pumping the water through a network of usually black plastic pipes, which is heated by the sun. The network of piping circulates the sun-heated water back to the pool, thus heating the pool water.

By using a solar pool blanket, you prevent any heat loss from the water caused by wind currents blowing over the pool surface. In addition, the sun also heats up the pool blanket, thus heating the pool water underneath. When you use the right solar heating system, you in many cases you can increase your pool use by double and in some areas even triple your usage.

A solar heating system has many wonderful benefits, its energy efficient, economical to use, and is low-maintenance as well as long lasting. In fact, some solar heating systems have been known to last as long as 20 years. Though the initial cost is more expensive than other gas or electric heating systems, the money you save on energy cost will more than offset your initial cost.